Exploration 2011 for PC — top best games in the Exploration genre

Cave Story+ - a game in the Exploration genre

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 22 November 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Cave Story+ is a supplemented and improved version of the arcade action-platform with the side of the Cave Story. You have to go to a fascinating world where an...

Star Control 2

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 21 April 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Star Control 2 is a top-down action game with a dash of shooter and strategy from the masters at Toys for Bob. The game is published by Accolade, Inc.. Star Control...

Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PC → 11 October 2011

Steam: 90/100

This isometric action-adventure follows Twinsen, a young Quetch on the planet Twinsun, as he sets out to stop dictator Dr. FunFrock and save the planet. Imprisoned...

Twinsen's Odyssey

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Isometric, Exploration

Game released: PC → 20 October 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 100/100

Twinsen's Odyssey — action adventure with quest elements. The graphic component is inherited from the previous part. Players also view the world from an...

Star Control Collection

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Top-down view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 20 April 2011

Steam: 83/100

This space collection brings together two games about humanity’s conflict with alien forces and the exploration of the galaxy. In Star Control, humanity faces the...

Eden Eternal

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 16 June 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 52/100

Eden Eternal is a third-person role-playing game with online, massively multiplayer, anime/manga, and fantasy elements from the masters at X‐ Legend...

Nancy Drew: Shadow at Water's Edge

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 16 June 2011

Steam: 81/100

This first-person adventure mystery follows Nancy Drew as she investigates a traditional Japanese inn, or ryokan. She arrives with Bess and George, but reports of a...

Nancy Drew: The Captive Curse

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 28 June 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

This first-person adventure puzzle follows Nancy Drew as she investigates a mystery at Castle Finster, an old German castle threatened by a mysterious monster...

Tales of Monkey Island: Collector's Edition

Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 8 April 2011

Steam: 88/100

Set in the pirate-infested Caribbean, this episodic adventure follows Guybrush Threepwood after he accidentally spreads a voodoo curse released from the demon...

Star Control 3

Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Exploration, Space

Game released: PC → 15 September 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

This space strategy game with diplomacy elements centers on a threat to the universe. Deep in space, in the Kessari Quadrant, the player discovers an impending...

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Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2011 for PC